Conductor-strainer.



E.- snscn. CONDUCTOR STBAINEB. APPLICATION LEI LED HA3. 2, 1908.

Patented 1m 15, 1908.

L J- MFA ii/ INVENTOR 17ml [230.5%

Y I I I l l l 1| EMIL R. STASGH, OF CORNING, NEW YORK.

ooNDUo'ron-s'rRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Application filed March 2, 1908. Serial No. 418,784.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMiL R. STASOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Corning, county of Steuben, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Conductor-Strainers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a conductor strainer, and particularly to aremovable structure adapted for application. to the inlet of aconducting pipe to prevent foreign substances entering and clogging thepipe.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improvedconstruction of strainer comprising a series of parallel rods providedat each end with projections by which the rods are held above the bottomof the trough in which they are placed, said rods being connected bycross wires and supported against longitudinal displacement by extendingarms entering the inlet of the conducting pipe.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter fully set forth and the novel features thereof defined bythe appended claims.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective with parts in section showingthe application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan thereof, and Fig. 3is an end view showing the eaves trough and pipe in dotted lines.

Like numerals refer to like parts in the several views of the drawing.

The strainer is adapted for application in any desired position, but ishere shown in connection with the eaves trough 10 from which theconducting pipe 11 leads to any desired point of discharge. The strainercomprises a series of parallel rods or bars 12 provided at each end withlaterally extending projections 13 by which the bars are supported fromthe body of the trough. These projections may be of any desired shape,preferably curved into circular form, as shown, and are disposed at anangle to each other relative to the curvature of the trough orreceptacle in which they are disposed. The rods 12 may be connected inany desired manner, one form of which comprises the cross rods 14 whichare arched upward intermediate the rods 12 and passed beneath said rodsto which they are secured in any preferred manner, for instance, bymeans of the soldered joint 15. The free ends 16 of these cross rods arebent back to ward the midlength of the rods 12 and toward each otherthus forming a series of arms adapted to enter the inlet end of theconducting pipe 11 and hold the strainer against longitudinaldisplacement relative to the pipe.

In the application of the invention it will be seen that the parallelrods are disposed sufficiently close together to prevent the entrance ofleaves or other obstructions which might clog the conducting pipe, andby the lateral projections at the ends of the rods they are supportedabove the bottom of the trough to permit the free flow of water beneathany foreign matter which may rest upon the strainer. The mounting of thestrainer permits its ready removal for cleaning and also prevents anylateral displacement thereof due to the material being car ried againstit in the flow of water during a sudden or heavy fall of rain. Theinvention therefore presents a sim le, economically constructed and verye cient strainer in which the cross bars connecting the longitudinalbars provide means for mounting and holding the strainer in position.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A strainer comprising a seriesof substantially straight rods provided with lateral supportingprojections at each end, and cross bars connecting said rods.

2. A strainer comprising a series of parallel rods provided with lateralsupporting projections at each end, and cross bars connecting said rodsand having free arms directed toward each other and extended beneathsaid parallel rods.

3. A strainer comprising a series of par allel rods having theiropposite ends curved to form supporting projections, cross barsconnecting said parallel rods at each side of the center thereof, andretaining arms extended from said cross bars toward the center of thestrainer structure and laterally therefrom.

4. A strainer comprising a concave structure composed of a series ofparallel rods having curved supporting portions at opposite ends,connecting rods arched intermediate of said parallel rods and connectedtherewith, the free ends of said cross bars being bent inward anddownward toward the center of the structure.

5. A strainer comprising a concave struc- In testimony whereof I affixmy signature ture composed of a series of substantially in presence oftwo Witnesses. strai ht rods having laterally disposed supportiiigportions at each end, and means EMIL STASOH' 5 extending transversely ofthe rods for sup- WVitnesses:

porting them in spaced relation to each F. H. FERRIs,

other. LIGNON GILL.

